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round the eyes, and light brown on the lips ; eyebrows black, sur- 

 mounted by a broad white fillet which passes across the forehead ; 

 nose very prominent and narrow between the eyes, but flatter and 

 broader towards the extremity ; ears and palms of the hands brown ; 

 scrotum surrounded by yellowish hairs ; size and form of C. sabceus, 

 but with a rounder head and shorter face. 



The specimen here described was procured at Liverpool, but its 

 previous origin is unknown. 



A paper, in which Mr. Broderip proceeds with his descriptions of 

 Mr. Cuming's shells, was next read. 



Helix Reevii. Hel. testd ovato-subpyramidali, anfractibus 5 ven- 

 tricosis, lineis incrementi creberrime oblique striatis, ultimo max- 

 imo, ceteris duplb longiori, apice subplano, umbilico vix apparente, 

 columella robustts basi subsinuatd, labii limbo reflexo, aperturd 

 caruleo-albd. 

 Long. 3 ; lat. 2f poll. 

 Var. a. Rubro-brunnea, epidermide ex albo brunnescente obtecta,fas- 



ciis latis nigricantibus insignis. 

 Var. b. Lineis fasciisque nigricantibus numerosis cincta. 

 Hab. ad Luchban in Tayabas insulse Luzon. 

 Legit H. Cuming in sylvis. 



Var. c. Tota rubro-brunnea anfractu basali nigrescente. 

 Hab. ad Tayabas insulse Luzon. 

 Legit H. Cuming in sylvis. 



This fine Helix, named, at the request of Mr. Cuming, after Mr. 

 Reeve, an assiduous collector, was found by the former at the lo- 

 calities above mentioned, adhering to the leaves of trees. The 

 ground-colour is reddish brown, deepening on the body- whorl to rich, 

 dark plum-colour, approaching to black. A brownish white epider- 

 mis covers the two first varieties, with the exception of certain inter- 

 vals, through which the ground-colour is exposed in the form of 

 lines and bands. Thus in var. a. three small cinctures of brown lines 

 appear towards the upper part, and a broad brown band at the lower 

 part of the fourth whorl. At the upper part of the body-whorl are 

 two hair-like dark lines, and the middle and lower part of it is belted 

 with four bold, broad, nearly black bands. In var. b. the body- 

 whorl is belted and filleted with more numerous lines and bands, but 

 none of the latter are so broad as they are in var. a. In all the va- 

 rieties the peritreme and reflected lip are of a rich plum-colour, and 

 the inside of the aperture is bluish white. The pattern resides in 

 the epidermis, and, when the shell is plunged into water, disappears. 

 Bulinus Onyx. Bui. testd subpupiformi, umbilicatd, lineis incre- 

 menti obliquis creberrime substriatd, anfractibus 7, ultimo maximo ; 

 anfractibus 4 primis sordide albis, quinto et sexto castaneis, ultimo 

 superne castaneo, basi albo, labii reflexi margine lato et columella 

 nigricantibus, aperturd albd. 

 Long. 2^ ; lat. 1^- poll. 

 Hab. ad Calanang insulse Luzon. 

 Legit H. Cuming in sylvis. 



